Chess
Perfect Scores at the US Chess Championship and the Noise of the Opening-Course MarketIn the playing hall of the US Chess Championship, two names sit on the same...
Wesley So, Awonder Liang, and the Chess Report That Merged Two StoriesThere was a wooden board in the corner of a chess café on Nguyen Thi Minh Kha...
The Strange Comforts of Superstition in Chess: Why Club Players Stay Loyal to 5.e5There was a late-year night at a chess club in Nha Trang when I sat behind a...
The Scotch Opening and the Promise of “No Longer Fearsome”: When a Classic Opening Gets Packaged as a ProductIn 2026, I sat in front of the screen watching the game between Garry Kasparo...
The b3 Move Between Two Worlds: A Miniature at the UzChess CupOn a June evening, while most chess audiences had their eyes fixed on the big...
3.Bc4 Against the Sicilian and an 11-Year-Old on England's Top BoardSamarkand, round seven. On board one of the women's team event, an...
Vietnam's Chess Archives Are Hollowing Out: In Search of Forgotten GamesOn a late August afternoon in 2026, I sat in front of an old computer in Nha...
Decoding ChessBase Magazine #225: When a Publisher Writes Its Own PraiseIn the world of chess, where every move can be verified by the most powerful...
Najdorf Sicilian: Daniel King and the 60-Minute Update to Chess's Heaviest Theoretical SystemIn an opening library where a single main line can devour thousands of games ...
The Scandinavian Defense: 60 Minutes, One Knight, and the Limits of an Opening PromiseThe most striking moment in an instructional opening video rarely comes on th...
Kasparov's Scotch and a 'FIDE Ratings' Label With No Ranking InsideNew York, October 2026. No blazing stands like a football stadium — only a...
Women's World Cup 2026: Vietnam and the Knock of a GenerationWomen's World Cup 2026: Vietnam and the Knock of a Generation On July 22, 202...
Dimensions of Memory in the Chess Workshop: From a Mother's Move to the Limits of the MachineThe empty stadium, but the applause of 2026 still echoes in every old record....
India 3.5-0.5 Uzbekistan 2 at the 2026 Chess Olympiad: lower boards carry the team, upper boards leave a gapSamarkand, Round 10. Praggnanandhaa left board two once the game was decided....
5.e5! — When Sarana Took His King For a Walk and Sveshnikov Left Behind an Old GunMove five. White pushes the pawn to e5. No applause. Nobody rises from their...
Chess Olympiad 2026 Round 9: Gukesh keeps India in the gold race with a 54-move escapeThree hours and forty minutes. Board four had still not been cleared. D Gukes...
Elephant Gambit: 60 Minutes, a Borrowed Name, and the True Value of a Sacrificial PawnThe page opened with the name of Bodhana Sivanandan. The British-Tamil girl,...
